धर्मपरे dutiful, रमयताम् pleasing others, वरे greatest, रामे Rama, वनम् forest, गते had gone, कौशल्या Kausalya, स्वार्ता in bitter anguish, रुदती sobbing, भर्तारम् to her husband, इदम् these words, अब्रवीत् said.

When Rama, the greatest among those who please the people, he who was conscious of his duty left for the forest. Kausalya, sobbing in bitter anguish, said to her husband: Kausalya condemns Dasaratha's action -- Dasaratha loses his senses out of intense grief.